Licensing Agreement & Terms Of Use

This Agreement governs the terms by which the subscriber (You) may download and use the production music, loops, and sound effects (Audio Recordings) available at TunePocket.com Web site (TunePocket). This agreement applies to all subscription tiers.

QUICK SUMMARY OF LICENSING TERMS

All-In-One master sync license

The license covers both, the musical composition and the recording. Our composers own 100% copyright to their works, so you don’t need to contact any publishers or recording labels to obtain additional permissions.

Royalty free

You can use our music in multiple projects with no extra fees or royalties payable to TunePocket.

Valid worldwide

Valid in all countries and territories.

No expiry date

The license is perpetual and does not expire.

Commercial use included

You can use our music in commercial business projects (including the projects you do on behalf of your client or employer) and monetized YouTube channels.

No transfer of ownership

The music is licensed to you for specific use, not sold. This license does not give you the right to re-sell, sub-license, share, or distribute our music in any form except incorporated into your video or media product. It is expressly forbidden to claim ownership and to register our music, either original or modified, in YouTube’s Content ID system or with any other fingerprinting service.

No sharing of access

You can’t share your access credentials with friends or colleagues. If you need to add additional accounts under the same bill, please contact us for a multi-user corporate license.

No distribution of music

You are not allowed to re-sell or re-distribute the music either as is, modified, directly or via software or a service.

For example, this license expressly forbids re-selling our music in other stock marketplaces, distributing it via file sharing services, and using it to create a music download Web site / app (both free and for sale), online radio, royalty free music YouTube channel, music CD, music remix, backing track for another musical composition, or any software that offers a stock music collection as part of its functionality (for example, a video editing software that features a collection of stock music).

If you are building a video editing application that needs music, please contact us to discuss available licensing options.

GENERAL TERMS

You are at least 18 years of age and have the legal right and authority to enter into this Agreement as yourself or on behalf of a third party (i.e. your business or employer) provided such third party is fully subject to and bound by the terms of this Agreement.

By purchasing a subscription plan and downloading any Audio Recordings from TunePocket you expressly acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to comply with the terms of this Agreement.

When creating an account and making payments, you agree to provide TunePocket with true and accurate personal, billing, and payment information.

SUBSCRIPTION TERMS

Personal and Business subscription plans

TunePocket grants you unlimited access to its entire catalog of Audio Recordings for the duration of 1 (one) year in exchange for the specified subscription fee. The subscription commences immediately after TunePocket receives the payment and is valid for exactly 1 year unless terminated by you or TunePocket staff.

All active subscriptions will automatically renew at the end of the subscription term unless cancelled or terminated prior to the expiration date. You can cancel your subscription via your online account dashboard to prevent automatic renewals. In this case the subscription will expire at the end of the subscription term and your download privileges will be terminated.

Pay as you go subscription plans

TunePocket grants you access to its entire catalog to download the limited number of Audio Recordings, as specified by the Pay As You Go plan. Once you used all your download credits, your Pay As You Go subscription plan expires and you lose download privileges. At that point, you can purchase another subscription plan if you wish to download more Audio Recordings.

As a subscriber, you are allowed to download any Audio Recording available at TunePocket’s Web site at any given point of time for the entire duration of your subscription plan.

AUDIO RECORDINGS OWNERSHIP

When you download an Audio Recording from TunePocket, you do NOT assume the ownership of that Audio Recording and no copyrights are transferred to you. Instead, TunePocket grants you a limited royalty free license to use that Audio Recording as described below.

ALLOWED USAGE

ALLOWED USAGE EXAMPLES

Personal, hobby, wedding, family video

Vlog, incl. monetized YouTube channels

Promotional, corporate, training video

Presentation, slideshow

Film, documentary, show, animation

Podcast, audio book

Game, software application

NOT ALLOWED USAGE EXAMPLES

Royalty free music YouTube channel

Music download Web site

Online radio

Music store

Music remix

Backing track for another music recording

Software offering stock music collection

All active subscribers are hereby granted the perpetual license to use any downloaded Audio Recording in the following types of media projects:

General Usage

You may use the Audio Recordings in your personal or commercial and business related projects, as well as the projects you undertake on behalf of your client or employer. You may use the Audio Recordings in one or many commercial projects undertaken under the same business name. This license is valid in all countries and territories.

You may use the Audio Recordings in content you posts on all social media platforms unless it contradicts the Allowed Usage section or represents the cases described in Restriction and Limitations section below.

You are allowed to use the Audio Recordings in monetized YouTube videos. TunePocket will provide reasonable assistance with resolving related YouTube copyright claims where applicable.

Broadcast (TV, Radio)

Show, program, film , documentary, commercial advertisement with limited local audience. Please contact us if you wish to use our music in a broadcast intended for the nation-wide audiences.

Please note that for broadcasting projects you may need to report the usage (submit the cue sheets) to the Performance Rights Organization(s) in your country. TunePocket makes no warranty as to what conditions will satisfy any particular PRO, and that will be your responsibility to comply with applicable laws of your country.

RESTRICTIONS AND LIMITATIONS

The Audio Recordings are licensed to you for specific use, not sold. This license does not transfer the copyright of the Audio Recordings to you.

This license expressly forbids resale, re-licensing, or any other distribution of the Audio Recordings, either as is, or any modification thereof.

You may not use, modify, resell, sub-license, assign, transfer, otherwise make available or permit access by any third party to the Audio Recordings, except as expressly authorized by this licensing agreement, as outlined in the Allowed Usage section.

You are not required to credit TunePocket or its affiliated composers but you may not claim the Audio Recordings as your own work.

This license expressly forbids registering the Audio Recording, either original or modified, in YouTube’s Content ID system or with any YouTube technology partners, such as AdRev, Audiam, and so on.

You are not allowed to use the Audio Recordings in any media content that is unlawful, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, libelous, or racially, ethnically or otherwise objectionable; violates, or encourages any conduct that would violate, any applicable law or regulation or would give rise to civil liability; promotes discrimination, bigotry, racism, hatred, harassment or harm against any individual or group; is violent or threatening or promotes violence or actions that are threatening to any other person; or promotes illegal or harmful activities.

The license is not transferable. You may not re-sell, share, “loan” (or otherwise make available) the Audio Recordings to any third parties. You agree not to share your account credentials with others.

However, you can pass the license to your client if you are contracted to create a final product that requires music (for example, if you are hired to produce a corporate video for a client). If you need to add additional users under the same bill, please contact us for a multi-user corporate subscription.

Watermarked audio previews are available exclusively for testing, demo, and evaluation purposes and cannot be used for any other purpose including, but not limited to, any unlicensed use in commercial materials, advertisements, digital media or video synchronization.

The license is not exclusive. TunePocket retains the right to license Audio Recordings to other subscribers at its discretion, as well as to remove any Audio Recording from the TunePocket Web site at any time and with no prior notice to the subscribers. If you need an exclusive soundtrack or want to purchase extended rights to any of the Audio Recordings, please contact us.

All Audio Recordings are offered ‘as is’. The total liability of TunePocket is limited to the subscription fee paid by you to TunePocket. You hereby agree that the license is granted to you without any other warranty or recourse and agree to indemnify TunePocket, its owners and employees, from any damage or financial loss resulting from your usage of any of the Audio Recordings downloaded from TunePocket.

Public Performance Rights for PRO registered Audio Recordings

This Agreement does not provide clearance for performing rights, which are governed by PROs, such as ASCAP, BMI, and similar organizations in countries throughout the world.

Typically, the performing rights royalties are paid by broadcasters and are not the responsibility of video producers, editors and other typical users of production / stock music. This may not be the case in your country. If you plan to play your media project in public or directly broadcast / stream the project yourself, and if you or the broadcaster / venue does not have a blanket performance rights license, this will be your responsibility to understand and to comply with your country’s copyright laws and to obtain additional performing rights if necessary.

CANCELLATION AND TERMINATION

This Agreement will commence on the first day of your subscription and will remain in effect for as long as you maintain any Audio Recordings or derivative work containing the Audio Recordings in your possession. TunePocket reserves the right to cancel your subscription without notice or refund if you violate any terms of this Agreement.

REFUND POLICY

We will make every reasonable effort to provide you with the best customer experience and to assist you with resolving any issues that may prevent you from using our service.

Our entire music catalog is available for browsing prior to the purchase.

You can download a free watermarked preview of EVERY music track and safely try it in your project prior to the purchase.

We believe this helps our clients to make an informed purchase decision to avoid buying the wrong service for their needs.

In case you still find our service not fulfilling your needs, the refunds can be approved under certain conditions.

You are eligible to request full refund in the following cases:

(a) You purchased a Personal or Business subscription plan within 7 days of the refund request date and downloaded not more than 2 Audio Recordings. Please note that Pay As You Go plans are not refundable.

(b) You purchased any subscription plan within 30 days of the refund request date and not downloaded any Audio Recordings.

You are eligible to request a partial refund in the following cases:

(a) You purchased a Personal or Business subscription plan within 30 days of the refund request and downloaded not more than 10 Audio Recordings. The amount of the refund will be prorated based on the number of Audio Recordings you downloaded to date. Please note that Pay As You Go plans are not refundable.

No refund will be given after 30 days or once you downloaded more than 10 Audio Recordings.

Please understand that these rules exist to protect our composers from abuse and to compensate them fairly for their work. Thank you!

PRIVACY POLICY

When you register with TunePocket, we ask for your or your company’s contact and billing information. We use this information to personalize your user experience, process payments, and to communicate with you.

By providing your email to TunePocket you agree to receive electronic messages related to your TunePocket account. This includes the transnational (order confirmation, subscription expiration or cancellation notifications, important announcements) and marketing (special offers, catalog updates, new features) messages.

We use MailChimp as our marketing automation platform. Your name and email address will be transferred to MailChimp and will be processed with accordance to their privacy policy and terms of use.

You can opt out from TunePocket marketing messages at any time by clicking “unsubscribe” link at the bottom of the message or by contacting us at support@tunepocket.com.

By using TunePocket Web site, you agree that your account information will be retained for as long as TunePocket’s Web site remains operational.

When you visit TunePocket Web site, a small text file called a cookie is created and placed in your computer / device. The cookies allow TunePocket to provide you with personalized user experience and enable you to login and to manage your account. You may choose to configure your browsers to reject cookies, however, this may prevent TunePocket Web site from functioning properly.

WHAT IS TUNEPOCKET ?

We are a collective of independent music producers. We create professional music for promotional videos, films, games, documentaries, and other media. For a small annual fee, you can have unlimited access to all our music and use it in personal and commercial projects with a lifetime royalty free license.